Science-Based Stewardship & Advocacy

MDLT is dedicated to:

Enhancing recreation and tourism throughout the region. MDLT works with local business-owners to show how public lands and national monuments have benefited local economies.

Ensuring access to the outdoors while preserving the vibrant but fragile desert ecosystem and its cultural resources.

Expanding appreciation for the Mojave Desert through educational programs.

Participating in democratic processes, and submitting public comments on important issues that could significantly impact public enjoyment of land and resources.

Copies of formal public comments can be made available upon request by contacting us at: info@mdlt.org

Where We Work

MDLT acquires, restores and protects culturally and biologically sensitive lands throughout a 24.5 million-acre service region in the California Desert, from north of Death Valley National Park to the border of Mexico.

Donor Highlights

When Paul Dresher and his sister inherited a piece of land deep in the Mojave, they had to decide what to do with it. He loves the desert, and has since he was a child, “we had camped all over the desert during the wintertime in my childhood, and it is a vivid and emotionally powerful place for me.” Because of his experience camping in the desert as a child, he liked the idea of it being preserved and protected from development. When MDLT contacted him about protecting the parcel, he jumped at the opportunity. “The process couldn’t have been easier,” he said, “and I would encourage other landowners to think about selling to MDLT."

Volunteer Bulletin

Trained monitors are invited to join our stewards for the annual monitoring of MDLT lands in Hidden Valley area, east of Barstow. We'll be camping for 2 nights and visiting several properties throughout the Hidden Valley area.